Viewing Montreville J. Brown: "My Life Story in Brief" (1967).

Admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1909, Montreville J. Brown began practicing law in Bemidji. He became active in community affairs and served on the school board until 1918 when he joined the staff of the state attorney general. There he developed a specialty in the state securities laws. In 1923, he joined Moore, Oppenheimer, Peterson & Dickson, a St. Paul law firm, and developed a large appellate practice. He died in 1971 at age eighty-six.

In 1967, organizers of a reunion of the Bemidji high school class of 1917 asked remaining members for statements of their lives and activities since graduation. Brown was also asked, as he was President of the School Board in 1917 and had handed diplomas to the graduates. In response he wrote his "life story in brief." It is posted here. Additional documents about him are reproduced in an Appendix.